Bengaluru: The Industries Department has introduced “10-year lease-cum-sale” of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) land allotted for industries. The State Cabinet recently cleared a proposal to amend the KIADB provisions where clear titles (sale deed) of the allotted land will be handed over to industrialists once the allottees successfully run the project for two…
Govt. drops ‘Khadi Urban Haat’ project in Mysuru
December 30, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In a big disappointment for artisans, the State Government has dropped ‘Khadi Urban Haat’ project, which was proposed to be executed by Karnataka Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) at Vijayanagar 3rd stage in city. With an objective of providing an appropriate market and exposure for products of rural artisans, the KVIB had come…
50 percent restrictions not applicable to hotel rooms
December 30, 2021Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government yesterday clarified that 50 percent occupancy restrictions imposed on hotels, restaurants, pubs, clubs from Dec. 30 to Jan. 2, 2022 are not applicable to room occupancy. “Hotels are free to operate the room accommodation as per the approved capacity,” said Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar in an order. The Government said…
Night curfew in city from today
December 28, 2021Barricades out on roads; strict enforcement from 10 pm Mysore/Mysuru: The City Police are making preparations to enforce the State Government’s 10 pm to 5 am night curfew order from 10 pm today and all the Police Stations within the city and district limits have been alerted. The entry-exit points and junctions where roads meet…
Govt. likely to give nod for MUDA’s Group Housing Project next month
December 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Months after MUDA submitted the blue print for its ambitious ‘Group Housing’ Project, the Government is likely to give its nod for the project next month. MUDA, which conducted a demand survey for its Group Housing Projects at three places in different parts of the city, had received 54,000 public responses, together in online…
Farmer convention at Belagavi
December 11, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking a repeal of farm laws of the State Government and compensation for crop loss, farmers will hold a convention at Belagavi tomorrow (Dec. 12). Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, KRRS President Badagalapura Nagendra said that convention has been organised a day ahead of the winter session of the State Legislature…
Last rites of veteran actor Shivaram held with State honours
December 5, 2021Bengaluru: The last rites of veteran Kannada film actor S. Shivaram (83),who passed away at a hospital here yesterday, was held this afternoon at Banashankari Crematorium here with State Honours. Veteran actor Shivaram, who was undergoing treatment for brain haemorrhage at a private hospital, passed away on Saturday afternoon. His body was shifted from the…
New Omicron strain SOPs likely today
December 3, 2021CM, Health Minister hold a series of high-level meetings on the way forward Bengaluru: As Karnataka became the first State to report the first Omicron cases in India, the administrative machinery is on high alert and new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are likely to be announced. A 66-year-old South African national, who arrived in Bengaluru…
Rs. 1 lakh Govt. COVID relief order tweaked
December 3, 2021Bengaluru: The State Government that had announced a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh each to families that have lost adult members to COVID-19 has tweaked the rule to give compensation only to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. As many families were going through trying times following the death of earning members, the Government had announced…
Isha Foundation to offer ‘Yogakshema’ to prison inmates
December 2, 2021Bengaluru: Isha Foundation and Karnataka Government have joined hands to implement ‘Yogakshema’ programme for prison inmates with an aim to enhance their physical and mental health. “The initiative will offer simple, but powerful yogic practices in the prison ecosystem, with an aim of enhancing physical, mental and emotional health of staff and inmates by offering…














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